Dane County GOP head Mike Herl out of closet!

The chairman of the Dane County Republicans has apparently conquered his fear about being publicly identified as a member of the party of Lincoln. In the past, efforts were made to hide his identity, to avoid the persecution he believed would ensue, due to the sheer wickedness of local liberals ("Dane County's Secret GOP Chair," 11/14/08).

But the Jan. 28 issue of the Badger Herald blows the lid off, with a story that quotes and even photographs the chairman, Mike Herl, who was elected to the post last May.

"I'm selfish as heck," the paper says Herl opined at a meeting of campus GOPers. "I want to keep as much of the money I make as possible, and I know I'm not going to be able to do it with the idiots that keep getting elected in."